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Michael Cooper Missing Person Case

Last seen in Newport News, Virginia on Mar 08, 2000

Victim Details

Apr 11, 2019

Dec 19, 2023

Michael

Cooper

67

41

66 inches

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Mar 08, 2000

Newport News

Virginia

Newport News City

No

49055

Hampton Police Division

Hampton

Virginia

Hampton City

23669

40 Lincoln Street, Virginia

7577276530

Local

Law Enforcement

https://hampton.gov/256/Police

02-0125009

Hampton Police Division

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

07/18/2026


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In the coastal city of Newport News, Virginia, a 41-year-old man named Michael Lester Cooper vanished in the early spring of 2000. He was last seen on March 8th of that year. Michael, a Caucasian male with blond hair and blue eyes, stood at approximately five feet six inches tall and weighed around 170 pounds. At the time he went missing, it is understood that he was experiencing homelessness. This transient lifestyle contributed to a delay in him being officially reported as a missing person. T ...
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Last Seen: Mar 08, 2000

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